Monica in Augustine's "Confessions"

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Augustine's life, while riddled with uncouth morals and questionable intentions, started in paganism but finally ended in his glorious awakening into Christianity. In Augustine's "Confessions", he writes about his life, his ignorant childhood, his sinful youth and early adulthood, and finally his atonement and ascension into one of the highest positions in the church. This paper uses specific examples from his work to show many of his mother, Monica's influences on his conversion.

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"Augustine deceived her when he told her the wrong time the ship was leaving. Although this distressed her, Monica continually prayed for Augustine's safety, for his faith, and for his return. Her continued prayers for Augustine made an impression on him later in life when he realized that her prayers ultimately brought him to Christianity. When Monica later went to Rome in search of her son, she found out that he was in the service of Ambrose in Milan. At this point Augustine had given up the Manichean heresies, but he had not yet converted."

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